Sugarloaf Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain rises to 471 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Doublehead Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Burke County, North Carolina, United States
Wikidata Q31426160, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 471 m
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 18.1 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 23.9 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
- 28.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 26 mi
- Heffner Gap Overlook (MP 325.9) · 29 mi
- Bear Den Overlook (MP 323.0) · 29 mi
- Hefner Gap Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Doublehead Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Noah Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Butler Knob: 2.0 mi
- Brushy Knob: 2.3 mi
- Swenk Knob: 3.2 mi
- George Hildebeand Community Park: 3.2 mi
- South Mountains State Park: 3.4 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Jacob Fork Access: 4.0 mi
- Methodist Park: 5.5 mi
- Valdese Recreation Center: 7.3 mi
- Little River Falls: 3.5 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 4.4 mi
- High Shoals Falls: 4.7 mi
- Upper High Shoals Falls: 4.7 mi
- Beautimos Falls: 8.0 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 7.5 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 9.7 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 10.1 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 10.2 mi
- Hickory Aviation Museum: 12.5 mi
- Historic Beginnings: 14.4 mi
- Martin Luther: 15.4 mi
- Four Trumpets: 19.1 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 19.2 mi
- Stone Bench: 19.2 mi
- Lake Hickory Attractions: 11.5 mi
- Caldwell County Fairgrounds: 16.7 mi
- Something Rotten: 20.0 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 20.0 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 20.1 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 10.0 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 10.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Old Hickory Tavern: 14.5 mi
- Catawba County War Memorial: 19.5 mi
- Fox Den: 9.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 9.7 mi
- Community Gardens: 18.9 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 19.6 mi
- Swimming beach: 19.1 mi
- Boat beach: 19.2 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 23.0 mi
- Gully Pipe: 23.1 mi
- Observation Deck: 9.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Sugarloaf Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | W 262° | 918 m | 10.6 mi |
| Hickory Knob | W 263° | 907 m | 9.6 mi |
| Propst Mountain | W 263° | 905 m | 10.5 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | W 263° | 901 m | 9.9 mi |
| Walker Top | W 274° | 886 m | 8.5 mi |
| Benn Knob | SW 227° | 882 m | 7.0 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | WSW 258° | 874 m | 8.2 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | WSW 255° | 870 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:08 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809371
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 15 mi
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